Renaud of Roucy

Renaud of Roucy

Male 920 - 967  (47 years)


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  • Name Renaud of Roucy 
    Birth 920 
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 May 967 
    Burial Reims, Marne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9884  footsteps | Ancestors
    Last Modified 10 May 2025 

    Family Alberade of Lorraine,   b. Abt 920   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 945 
    Children 
    +1. Giselbert Roucy,   b. Abt 948, Reims, Marne, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 19 Apr 991, Champagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Duchess of Burgundy Ermentrude de Roucy,   b. 951   d. 5 May 1005 (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F5374  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

  • Notes 


    • Renaud or Ragenold, Count of Roucy (c. 920 - 10 May 967) was a 10th-cen t u r y V i king who swore allegiance to the Frankish kings, and became the m i l i t a ry chief of Reims after the restoration of the Archbishop Artald o f R e i m s , upon taking the area back from Hugh of Vermandois.

      He built a fort at Roucy between the late 940s and early 950s and suppo r t e d y o ung King Lothair of France in the expedition at Aquitaine and th e S i e g e [ fr] of Poitiers, during the dynastic struggles of the Kingdom o f W e s t F r ancia. Renaud was made the Count of Roucy around or before 955 b y K i n g L o thair.